diff --git a/package/gauche/gauche.mk b/package/gauche/gauche.mk
index b887c6acfe..95a448b12b 100644
--- a/package/gauche/gauche.mk
+++ b/package/gauche/gauche.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ GAUCHE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 GAUCHE_DEPENDENCIES = host-gauche
 
 HOST_GAUCHE_CONF_OPTS = --without-zlib
+GAUCHE_CONF_OPTS = --without-libatomic-ops
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
 GAUCHE_CONF_OPTS += --with-zlib=$(STAGING_DIR)